“I’m feeling better,” Vucevic said. “I’m just doing different stuff for rehab, whatever you can do to make it better. It’s getting better. We’ll take it day-by-day and we’ll take it from there.

“It’s kind of annoying,” he said later. “But it’s a part of being an athlete sometimes. You have to deal with injuries. All I can do is just make it right and get it back healthy to where I can come back on the court and help my team. It’s frustrating. But there’s nothing I can do about it now but to make it healthy.”

Since the beginning of last season, the Magic have been ultra-cautious in bringing back players from injuries.

Orlando currently has the league’s third-worst record, 22-55. The Magic trail the Boston Celtics, the team with the fourth-worst record, by one game.

The worse a team’s record is at the end of the season, the better its chances will be to win a top pick in the 2014 NBA Draft Lottery.

Five games remain in the Magic's season.

After tonight’s game against the Nets, the Magic will host the Washington Wizards on Friday, play the Nets in Brooklyn on Sunday, face the Chicago Bulls in Chicago on Monday and complete their season against the Indiana Pacers in Orlando a week from today.

Asked if he anticipates playing again this season, Vucevic answered, “I think I’ll be able to play by the end of the season. That’s the goal, so we’ll see. We’ll go day-by-day.”

Brooklyn Nets center Jason Collins will be remembered as a barrier breaker. This season, he became the first openly gay athlete to play in one of North America's four major professional team sports leagues. That achievement likely will become his legacy.

Jameis Winston was dubbed “Famous Jameis” by fans during his time at FSU, a nickname he was not overly fond of. Seeing that the moniker isn’t going away, Winston has decided to capitalize on “Famous Jameis” by filing to trademark the popular phrase.